Discusses diseases and ailments that have been connected to sex throughout history, and the reactions to them that have been shaped by religion or morality
Notes: p. [163]-178
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-193) and index
Sex by prescription : lovesickness in the Middle Ages -- To live outside the camp : medieval leprosy -- The just rewards of unbridled lust : syphilis in early modern Europe -- A broom in the hands of the Almighty : bubonic plague -- The heinous sin of self-pollution : medicine, morals, and masturbation -- AIDS in the U.S.A